Review of The Predator (2018) by Michael D — 15 Sep 2018

Pay no attention to the bad reviews. Those people are stupid. Make note of them for future reference.

This flicker is not stop awesome! Filled with humor, but not over the top or trying too hard. Score is perfect, but not over the top or trying too hard. Cinematography alone is worth the price of admission.

The film looks wonderful, not overly digital. It is perfectly paced as it moves quickly. None of that over the top lull before the storm crap. We all know what we're about to see, we don't need them trying to recreate the previous films. (which all kind of sucked anyway. Even the original. Arnold? Please.).

This feature is perfectly cast. How often can you say that about a big budget film? The chemistry between the characters settles nicely. The humor had me laughing out loud, and I never laugh out loud.

The action is again, perfect. The effects are so sweet and seamless. They don't show us every money shot from 5 different angles. Again, perfect.

What's best about this film is not so much what they did, but what they didn't do. They didn't fall over themselves making sure to put in a plethora of one liners. Or making sure to mention all the previous efforts. Unless you thought about it, you might not have noticed the son of Gary Busey's former character "Keyes" being played by Gary Busey's son Jake Busey. It was fun noticing such things!

Everyone performed perfectly.